First ten minutes of the 6 O'Clock news of September 11th 2001 - recorded on TV3 news in New Zealand (12th of September, New Zealand time).

National Nine News Brisbane September 11 Bulletin - Story 1 (2001)

"Welcome to this special edition -- extended edition of National Nine News as we try to come to terms with the almost unbelievable events of the past nineteen hours. It was a calculated, ruthless and bloodthirsty attack on the heart of America. The tall and proud Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center are now just rubble. The Pentagon was also plowed into by a hijacked airliner. Michael Usher, who's in New York, begins our coverage, which we warn does contain many graphic images which are certainly disturbing."

National Nine News Brisbane September 11 Bulletin - Story 2 (2001)

"The death toll from this tragedy is still anyone's guess. Many thousands were in the World Trade Center. About three hundred fireman and another one hundred police are missing after going to help. Up to eight hundred could have died at The Pentagon and at least two hundred on the four planes."

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The world (excluding al Qaeda, Palestine and Iraq) now rallies around the USA as both the Pentagon and the Twin Towers sadly burn. The Taliban, Hezbollah, NATO, the EU and UN also condemn the attacks a few days later as well, as in our world.

Unlike in our world two more minor Islamic crazies also take their lesser toll elsewhere. A gun-toting minor Islamic thug acts, killing five and injuring six in a busy Brooklyn shopping mall shooting until cops shoot him dead. Another low level Islamist bloke also throws a hand grenade at the United States Capitol Building, misses the entrance of the visitor center and blows up some of the exterior wall, injuring three people in the blast. He is then shot dead by cops. A severed pig's head is left on the doorstep of the Israeli consulate in New York and L.A. two days later.

A few days later that guy that really did expose his bum at the Saudi and Jordanian embassies in London was, unlike in this world, arrested for indecent exposure and fined 80 GBP for each incident (160 GBP in total).

Osama Bin Laden follows makes more bloodthirsty videos and al Qaeda builds a few more bombs, both as they did in our world.

None is to be used, so use your common sense! Always say how many troops, tanks, aircraft, ships, etc, that you use so as to give the mods a good grasp of the situation so they can judge the outcome fairly.

Remember things like:

Nukes, chemical weapons and bio weapons are a major force on the battlefield. If you want to use them, you MUST NOT GO CRAZY, IT'S NO DD1983!

Nuclear war is limited by a doomsday clause - Maximum total yield per player each year is 500 KT (0.5 MK) and a total of 5000 KT (five MT) by all players added together in any one round.

Population limits military size. The Russian army is larger than the entire population of Luxembourg for an obvious reason - there are many more Russians than Luxembourgers.

Don't go crazy since over-expatiation causes trouble.

Stay realistic. No daft stuff like Monaco conquering the world in a year!

The more mines, oil wells, transport, infrastructure, bases, weapons, troops and factories you make, the better, since trade sanctions can stop vital imports like oil, aircraft and food.

A long war will sap morale for both parties, especially the losing side.

Jungle, desert, small atoll-type islands, high mountains, big cities, major forts, major bunkers and polar zones make good defensive lands.

The mod(s) decide the outcome from their wisdom, but you can complain if you think it is biased.